Digging for the Music City Loop, a project of Elon Musk’s Boring Company, underway on a state-owned parking lot near the Capitol. The project proposes a tunnel between Nashville International Airport and various Nashville locations for Tesla electric vehicles. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
Gov. Bill Lee confirmed the state will not require the Boring Company to pay for land it uses to build a series of tunnels under Nashville to the airport and other destinations.
Lee said recently final negotiations for the state’s inspection process for Boring haven’t been finalized, but he doesn’t expect the company to be required to pay for use of state property to construct tunnels. A business dubbed the “Music City Loop” is planning to use electric vehicles to ferry riders from downtown Nashville to a series of stations and the airport…